Obsidian

Avalon is associated with Glastonbury Tor, which some legends say was once a magic island surrounded by water. Morgan is one of the three queens that takes King Arthur’s body to Avalon to heal. As a witch and healer, she is said to know the power of both healing and poisonous herbs. In Avalon, She presided over nine priestess’s who were prophetesses and healers. Avalon is known to have been an oracular center. Some believe that Avalon was a Druidic college for priestesses of women’s mysteries.…

placed the skull back on the mantel and the case over the top of it. “This threat is how I took over and disbanded the cartel after my husband died—and this threat kept my Sisterhood safe until I could secure this island for us.” Pax recognized an obsidian skull next to Ometeotl’s as belonging to the god Tezcatlipoca. He pointed at it. “How did you get that one? Surefire told me she’d hidden it.” “It resurfaced. I believe it’s needed now, which is how we found it.” Dama X inclined her head…

Putting her right foot out, she mounted the log and shut her eyes. Lifting her skirt, leveling her cane fiercely before her like a festival figure in some parade, she began to march across. Then she opened her eyes and she was safe on the other side. 'I wasn't as old as I thought,' she said. But she sat down to rest. She spread her skirts on the bank around her and folded her hands over her knees. Up above her was a tree in a pearly cloud of mistletoe. She did not dare to close her eyes,…